3 year post-op
Hello Gents,
I was invited to visit the men's board by Bob (sjbob) to share my journey. I'm approaching my 3 year mark and I have lost 250+ pounds to date. I'm a revision as well. Back in 1982 I had the old fashion stomach staple, VGB (i might have the wrong acronym) and at the time I was 20 years old plus back then they didn't educate you like today. I really wasn't sure what i was getting myself into. Anyway, back in 82 I weighed 402 pounds and only lost 80 in the first year. Needless to say since I am a revision I messed up and gained back the weight plus more.
Many years had passed and I lived morbidly obese and very unhappy until I started hearing people talk about Gastric bypass and it sparked my interest but I really thought I could not have this type of surgery again since I had done it before. I did some research for about a year then attended a seminar at the University of PA. Then I set up an appt. with Dr Raper to see what he could do for me. The day I met with the surgeon I weighed in @ 470 pounds wearing 70 inch waist pants and 6XL shirts. When Dr Raper told me he could help me I was shocked because I figured he was going to tell me it cant be done again and send me on my way. I scheduled all the pre-op testing and the phy-eval, etc and my surgery was on Jun 23 2006.
I was in the OR for 5 hours. They told me it was very hard to get me under do to my size. Anyway the surgery went well and I was home 3 days later... I did experience one complication. My incision became infected and I had to go back into the hospital for antibiotics and my wound had to be opened, drained and packed. It took about 5 weeks for it to close healing from the inside out. But out of all of the complications we can see from this type of surgery mine was not that bad in comparison.
Once home and on my way I did exactly what I was told to do and followed the program to a tee and the weight just melted away. Yes, I hit the slow points and weeks where I didn't loose but this is normal. I could keep going but I'm sure I'm boring you already so I'll wrap it up LOL.
As of today I weight 209 pounds and I'm still working towards one-hundred land and I promised myself that I will never regain that weight again. I have truly committed to the program and using my tool. I do NOT miss the foods that used to control me. Today I eat to live instead of living to eat.
Thanks for reading and I wish every one success....
Frank
I was invited to visit the men's board by Bob (sjbob) to share my journey. I'm approaching my 3 year mark and I have lost 250+ pounds to date. I'm a revision as well. Back in 1982 I had the old fashion stomach staple, VGB (i might have the wrong acronym) and at the time I was 20 years old plus back then they didn't educate you like today. I really wasn't sure what i was getting myself into. Anyway, back in 82 I weighed 402 pounds and only lost 80 in the first year. Needless to say since I am a revision I messed up and gained back the weight plus more.
Many years had passed and I lived morbidly obese and very unhappy until I started hearing people talk about Gastric bypass and it sparked my interest but I really thought I could not have this type of surgery again since I had done it before. I did some research for about a year then attended a seminar at the University of PA. Then I set up an appt. with Dr Raper to see what he could do for me. The day I met with the surgeon I weighed in @ 470 pounds wearing 70 inch waist pants and 6XL shirts. When Dr Raper told me he could help me I was shocked because I figured he was going to tell me it cant be done again and send me on my way. I scheduled all the pre-op testing and the phy-eval, etc and my surgery was on Jun 23 2006.
I was in the OR for 5 hours. They told me it was very hard to get me under do to my size. Anyway the surgery went well and I was home 3 days later... I did experience one complication. My incision became infected and I had to go back into the hospital for antibiotics and my wound had to be opened, drained and packed. It took about 5 weeks for it to close healing from the inside out. But out of all of the complications we can see from this type of surgery mine was not that bad in comparison.
Once home and on my way I did exactly what I was told to do and followed the program to a tee and the weight just melted away. Yes, I hit the slow points and weeks where I didn't loose but this is normal. I could keep going but I'm sure I'm boring you already so I'll wrap it up LOL.
As of today I weight 209 pounds and I'm still working towards one-hundred land and I promised myself that I will never regain that weight again. I have truly committed to the program and using my tool. I do NOT miss the foods that used to control me. Today I eat to live instead of living to eat.
Thanks for reading and I wish every one success....
Frank
Don’t forget – It’s not a diet. It’s a total lifestyle change… 
Frank, thanks for coming and posting here. It may take a while for you to get some replies, but this forum moves slowly and you may get replies for over a week. That's one of the joys of posting here. You get continual feedback. It's nice getting the instant feedback you get on the Main Forum, but if you try to go back later in the day to see how that thread is doing, you often have a hard time even finding it.
We mostly talk about WLS issues here, but we do occasionally get into OT matters as well. We do try to stay away from the controversial areas like politics and sports. There are many men who have become interested in bicycling as a post-op activity and you can bring up questions about any ( and I do mean any) physical you are interested in.
By the way, I had a revision done by Dr Raper on 01-21-05. I had my original RNY on 11-14-00 but developed a staple line disruption. I didn't lose much following my revised RNY but that was my fault. I'm manic-depressive and was suffering from depression at the time. I live in NJ and stopped going to follow-up meetings and support group meetings. Bob
We mostly talk about WLS issues here, but we do occasionally get into OT matters as well. We do try to stay away from the controversial areas like politics and sports. There are many men who have become interested in bicycling as a post-op activity and you can bring up questions about any ( and I do mean any) physical you are interested in.
By the way, I had a revision done by Dr Raper on 01-21-05. I had my original RNY on 11-14-00 but developed a staple line disruption. I didn't lose much following my revised RNY but that was my fault. I'm manic-depressive and was suffering from depression at the time. I live in NJ and stopped going to follow-up meetings and support group meetings. Bob
Many thanks for posting your journey so far. You really are an inspiration to all of us having surgery after you. I just went over 1 year and am very concerned about continuing to lose weight and then to maintain after I hit my "wall". I am eating just about everything now...only a lot less of it! We need guys like you in here to keep us on our toes and to give us a kick in the ass or encouragment and advice when we slip up! Once again thanks for coming in and I hope to see you alot more in here!
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